Hi, I was able to create an hdfs folder having space in the name, ex : hdfs dfs -mkdir /tmp/'2017-09-28 12' But, I want to create a folder having ':' in the name, ex, this does'nt work : hdfs dfs -mkdir /tmp/'2017-09-28 12:02:25' I need this to create partitions on external hive table using a timestamp. Many thanks , Hi, I was able to create a folder having space in the name, ex : hdfs dfs -mkdir /tmp/'2017-09-28 12' But when I introduce ':' in the name, this doesn't work : hdfs dfs -mkdir /tmp/'2017-09-28 12:00:00' I need this to create partitions on external tables using timestamps. Many thanks. ... View more